Friday, June 20, 2008

What a good mommy...

When a Chicken has 3 or more eggs in her nest she will usually go "broody". She will forgo water and food to sit on those eggs to keep them warm. Since we have no Rooster we pull the eggs every other day and if she starts to brood, Kim will block her from going into her nest box. Takes about a day or so and she's right as rain. Kim started feeling bad that she wasn't going to be able to do her "thing" so she got some fertile eggs from another chicken nut, I mean friend of hers for Nugget to sit on. She did a great job for 21 days. One started to hatch but died, the others never hatched. Feeling bad Kim called her buddy and got 4, 8 day old chicks for Nugget to mother for a week or so. She looked at them and rounded them all up under her wings for warmth and nap time. After a day it was time to show them where the food and water is. Nugget is amazing and the chicks follow her all over.I have to say they are pretty cool and it's amazing to watch but I'm glad they are just guests...